The Shin Guardian still doesn’t understand how a team like Philadelphia could pass on Will Bruin in the SuperDraft. I nod my head emphatically while thinking about Carlos Ruiz’s 5-roll dive on Saturday.

Sporting KC’s stadium will be renamed LIVESTRONG Sporting Stadium, becoming the first pro sports park to bear a non-profit’s name.

Some great goals from the past week: Dejan Stankovic for Inter; a howler of an own goal; and the guy who plays in Landon Donovan’s spot for Everton.

Who will score first? Superpaid superstar Fernando Torres or superpaid superhuman Andy Carroll? Torres got a huge head start with Carroll being injured for a month and a half, so you’d expect him to… oh. Highlights of Carroll’s brace (first one is behind Joe Hart before he can say “I’m-not-Pepe”).

Adam played soccer for Haverford College and now writes about Philadelphia Union with the kind of tactical analysis rarely seen in the US. He believes soccer bars that don’t open for the early game are not soccer bars. Follow him on Twitter @PSPadam. Email him at acann@phillysoccerpage.com.